Tarantio t1_j9ji7y0 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 12:37 PM

Reply to comment by GeriatricHydralisk in What are more accepted hypotheses that similarly explain the aspects of hominid evolution that the "pseudoscientific" aquatic ape theory does? by KEVLAR60442

I'm thinking much longer ago than that, if homo habilis tools have been found mixed among fish fossils: https://www.wired.com/2010/06/first-fish-diet/

I don't know how one would go about determining what adaptations allowed early hominids to catch fish.

GeriatricHydralisk t1_j9jklgp wrote on February 22, 2023 at 12:59 PM

To be fair, though, catching fish doesn't necessarily mean swimming or diving. With a good spear and some practice, you don't even need to go knee-deep.

The other problem with extensive aquatic behavior in early humans is that basically every body of water in Africa bigger than a puddle probably has at least one Nile crocodile in it. That doesn't preclude aquatic behavior, but certainly discourages it.